New Drug Takes The Cancer Out Of Cancer Cells

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Mick Bhatia, lead researcher of the study and scientific director of McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, said: "The unusual aspect of our finding is the way this human-ready drug actually kills cancer stem cells; by changing them into cells that are non-cancerous."

They talked about using an automated robotic system to identify usable compounds, but still I wonder if World Community Grid and other distributed computing projects played or will play a role:

The team also plan to analyze thousands of other compounds with their screening system in partnership with collaborations that include academic groups and industry.

From Medical News Today.